NREMT - Everything you need to know.
Medical Direction - answerOversight of the patient-care aspects of an EMS system by the Medical
Director.
Protocols - answerlists of steps, such as assessments and interventions, to be taken in different
situations. Protocols are developed by the Medical Dir...
Medical Direction - answer✔Oversight of the patient-care aspects of an EMS system by the Medical
Director.
Protocols - answer✔lists of steps, such as assessments and interventions, to be taken in different
situations. Protocols are developed by the Medical Director of an EMS system
Offline Direction - answer✔consists of standing orders issued by the medical director that allows EMTs
to give certain medications or perform certain procedures without speaking to the medical director or
another physician.
Online Direction - answer✔consists of orders from the on-duty physician given directly to an EMT-B in
the field by radio or telephone.
Standing Orders - answer✔A policy or protocol issued by a Medical Director that authorizes EMT-Bs and
others to perform particular skills in certain situations.
HEPA Mask - answer✔High Efficiency Particulate Air respirator; used for patients with suspected TB;
worn by the EMT provider to prevent airborne transmission
Hepatitis B - answer✔infectious inflammation of the liver caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV) that is
transmitted sexually or by exposure to contaminated blood or body fluid
Hepatitis C - answer✔inflammation of the liver caused by the hepatitis C virus, transmitted by exposure
to infected blood (rarely contracted sexually)
Tuberculosis - answer✔Infectious disease caused by the tubercle bacillus, Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Most commonly affects the respiratory system and causes inflammation and calcification of the system.
Acute Stress - answer✔short term ; fight or flight response ; effects disappear quickly after it is over
Scope of Practice - answer✔What we are allowed to do or trained to do
Standard Care - answer✔the degree of care that a reasonably prudent person should exercise under the
same or similar circumstances
Duty to Act - answer✔an obligation to provide care to a patient
Good Samaritan - answer✔a person who voluntarily offers help or sympathy in times of trouble
Expressed Consent - answer✔Permission that must be obtained from every conscious, mentally
competent adult before emergency treatment may be provided
Implied Consent - answer✔The consent it is presumed a patient or patient's parent or gaurdian would
give if they could, such as for an unconscious patient or a parent who cannot be contacted when care is
needed.
Treatment of a Minor - answer✔Must be given by legal guardian
Involuntary - answer✔Mentally incompetent person
Advanced Directive - answer✔a legal document prepared by a living, competent adult to provide
guidance to the health care team if the individual should become unable to make decisions regarding his
or her medical care; may also be called a living will or durable power of attorney for health care
Polst - answer✔Physicians orders for life sustaining treatment. May include order for DO NOT
RESUSCITATE
PCR - answer✔Prehospital care report
Emergency Move - answer✔a move made when there is an immediate danger to the patient.
Urgent Move - answer✔Move used if a scne factor causes a decline in patient's condition, or if the
treatment of a patient requires a move.
Non urgent move - answer✔No immediate threat to life, are carried out in such a way as to prevent
injury and to avoid discomfort and pain.
bariatric stretcher - answer✔Stretcher for obese patients
scoop stretcher - answer✔this cot splits in tow or four sections, so it can be used where larger stretchers
cannot fit.
basket stretcher - answer✔designed to surround and protect the patient, this stretcher is used to move
a patient from one level to another to over rough terrain.
flexible stretcher - answer✔made of canvas or rubberized or other flexible material, often with wooden
slats sewn into pockets and three carrying handles on each side. can be useful in restricted areas or
narrow hallways
anatomical planes - answer✔1. coronal (vertical cut into front and back halves) 2. transverse (horizontal
cut into upper and lower) 3. sagittal (vertical cut into left and right halves)
fowler position - answer✔a bed sitting position with the head of the bed raised to 45 degrees
semi fowler position - answer✔the head of the bed is raised 30 degrees; or the head of the bed is raised
30 degrees and the knee portion is raised 15 degrees
shock position - answer✔feet elevated 12 inches higher than head
anterior - answer✔Toward the Front
posterior - answer✔Toward the back
superior - answer✔toward the head or above point of reference
inferior - answer✔away from the head or below point of reference
dorsal - answer✔Toward the back/spine
ventral - answer✔Toward the front/ belly
medial - answer✔Toward center of body
lateral - answer✔Away from center of body
bilateral - answer✔Both sides
unilateral - answer✔One side
ipsilateral - answer✔Same side
contralateral - answer✔opposite side
proximal - answer✔Near the point of reference
distal - answer✔Far from point of reference
mid clavicular - answer✔the line through the center of the clavical
mid axillary - answer✔line drawn veritcally from the middle of the armpit to the ankle
plantar - answer✔Sole of foot
palmar - answer✔Palm of hand
quadrants of the abdomen - answer✔Describing where an abdominal organ or pain is located is made
easier by dividing the abdomen into four imaginary quadrants.
*Right upper quadrant (RUQ)
*Left upper quadrant (LUQ)
*Right lower quadrant (RLQ)
*Left lower quadrant (LLQ)
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